Burlington Northern SD45 6459 and three other units in a colorful lashup at Galesburg Yard August 1970. BN 6459 was built as CB&Q 518 in January 1969 and is wearing the pre merger BN scheme. Other... (more)

1997 was an exciting year to be trackside along the Wisconsin Central. In addition to their own rolling museum of EMD power, frequent visitors from other railroads would show up. Here at North Fon... (more)

Burlington Northern RS1 953 lugging coal loads for the power plant in West Duluth October 1970. Built as Northern Pacific 158 in August 1945 and renumber NP 803 in 1956. Retired in May 1972 and so... (more)

Burlington Northern GP5 1363 at Wilmar MN July 1972. Built as Great Northern 913 in February 1959 from retired FT-B 422C. GN 913 was the only GP5 out of the sixteen on the roster to wear Big Sky B... (more)

A BN manifest train just left Lynn siding south of Aguilar. It rolls north towards Pueblo.

Burlington Northern F7A 650 at Belknap Roundhouse in Superior May 1970. BN 650 was built in April 1952 as Great Northern 315C and was sold to Precision National in December 1972. J. David Ingles P... (more)

Burlington Northern Electric Trailer ET-2 at Vancouver WA July 1974. ET-2 was built in May 1960 as Northern Pacific ET-2 from retired VO660 650. NP built 3 Electric Trailers and mated them to SW12... (more)

Burlington Northern SD7 6019 at Cloquet MN May 1973. Built as Great Northern 569 in April 1953 and rebuilt in June 1968 at Dale St. after suffering fire damage in Superior on September 4, 1967. On... (more)

Burlington Northern S4 919 switching in Duluth MN April 1971. BN 919 was built as NP 719 in May 1953 and retired in May 1973. There are a couple hallmarks of the NP on display with this unit inclu... (more)

A set of four Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 helpers, spliced by a fuel tender, have just cut off the rear of a coal train, crossed over and are now headed back to Crawford to assist another coal ... (more)

Burlington Northern EMD SD60M No. 9235 leads an eastbound coal train out of 3,334-foot Tunnel 1 just west of Guernsey, Wyoming, on July 5, 1999.

Burlington Northern’s EMD F9A-2 BN-1 and F9B-2 BN-2 roll out of Yates City, Illinois, on June 24, 1995. The passenger train is operating on the Galesburg to Peoria line as part of Galesburg Railro... (more)

Burlington Northern GP20 2008 resting at the Grand Forks roundhouse October 1970. The 2008 was built in April 1960 as GN 2008 and was eventually sold to Zeigler Cat and rebuilt into a GP20C. The G... (more)

Burlington Northern train 123 rattles the windows of diminutive East Helena depot on July 2, 1994. A small yard located here served American Chemet Company and the Asarco lead smelter, a facility ... (more)

Five four-axle EMD locomotives bring Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s local from Helena back to Great Falls as it meanders along the Missouri River at Hardy, Montana, on September 5, 1998